Shiroi Airanu wrote: "We understand that the initial price is of HUGE importance to the company and cannot be a mistake as it was with the 3DS. We know that the date released has to take into consideration the optimal sales window upon release, the time it takes to manufacture the proper amount of consoles, as well as having the games (both 1st and 3rd party) that have been promised to be available at launch, ready.

A question that many gamers have besides these though is this:

If the Nintendo Wii U is capable of 1080p resolution, more capable than current generation consoles, and easy to develop for as has been claimed, then why is Nintendo releasing it’s launch games at 720p resolution?"

because its a current generation console, just admit it, lmao! 720p, really what is it 2005... oh wait its Nintendo, DAMN! Nintendo fanboys really should stop fighting about tech. Nintendo gave up on that long ago, deal with it or go to m$ony. just because the tech is not impressive doesn't change the experience the wii-u will offer you it's our expectation that have changed!

"Nintendo has designed the Wii U to be capable of outputting 1080p natively. However, at this time (Wii U Launch window), they have no intention of putting the extra time and money into developing games at 1080p, because the bulk of the market is not yet ready to take advantage of that. "

How retarded do console makers think console gamers are lol. Its not like developing for 1080p would take any more resources or increase development time. If the hardware is powerful enough there should be no question of not having 1080p from the get go.

Take the example of a PC. Devs dont essentially plan to release a game at any certain res. It depends how powerful the system is. Some may play at 720p, 1080p, 1600p or maybe even beyond.

Giving the reason that some gamers may not be ready for 1080p in 2012 is simply retarded and unacceptable.

The Gamepad is probably quite taxing on the hardware because it's having to do 2 separate processes, so by having games at 720p they can run smoother. It's still early and once they get more familiar with the hardware hopefully they can bump games to 1080p.

Nintendo doesn't want to release a $500 game console (or higher). So of course there is going to be some compromises. We haven't see a game system launch with a tablet like controller before and one that can continue the same game from the TV to the handheld where everything you need to do it is all included.

Coming from a Console/PC gamer, 720p and 1080p wont much difference on consoles because the games are played from a much farther distance than pc games. Having 1080p as the standard for the next generation of consoles still maybe too expensive. As for the Wii U, I would bet some money that the controllers take up a lot of resources as well. They may not have Native 1080p, but give you the option to upscale in some games. I really want to see the official specs.

And why would 3rd party care to crank a 360 to WiiUpgrade port from 720p native to 1080p anyways?

The installed base of the 360 is around 70 mln, PS3's installed base too. WiiUpgrade first has to build up, will be at most a couple of millions after Christmas. Thats not a sales audience you put extra effort in.

That is, IF the WiiUpgrade is able to put out 1080p for all games. Sony claimed once too that all PS3 games would be 1080p. We've seen how that ended up.

Sony claimed that in 2005. It is now 2012 and WiiU is using is a 6000 series... Look it up I can buy a brand new lowest level 6000 GPU that does 1080p the reason that the 3rd parties are okay found 1080 because they don't use the tablet as much. Also pikmin is running at 60FPS according to Nintendo and do is the new version of ninja Gaiden they are publishing. The 3rd parties are probably 1080p at 30 FPS. Please dude... Grow up you sound like a jealous 12 year old...

The console can do 1080p, and saying that casuals don't know the difference between 720 & 1080 is ignorant, just because your a 'hardcore' gamer you know everything right?

the machine is more powerful than the PS3/360 we have already been told this however it more than likely wont be more powerful that PS4/720 that's as far as it goes, we don't know how big the gap will be or anything until all 3 consoles are the market. so people complaining about the power, reserve your hate for when all nextgen systems are released and then we can really judge the difference, seriously people are expecting the second coming with the PS4/720 I fear your expectations may be too high.

I did read the article and the authors reasoning makes little sense. Basically he's saying that most people buying a Wii U are new to Hd and have bought cheap TVs. Where is the evidence to back this up? Just because someone buys a Wii U doesn't mean they are new to HD or that they have a low end TV.

The stats I've seen shows that the majority of TVs sold over the last few years are 1080p

Oh Shokio, you disappoint me man. You not been keeping up on the Gaf? You will probably hardly see impressive complex games pull 1080p off on the next PS or Xbox consoles, never mind the Wii U. I seen your buddy ReviewTech gimped a video the other day implying that the Wii U will do 1080p no sweat, when that comment was made about Toki Tori 2, not about Wii U games, period. So shit like that doesn't help man... Now there's people all over the net expecting an avalanche of 1080p games on the U. If that happens jaws will drop in disbelief, but that fact of the matter is, 1080p will only ever happen on simple, graphically uninspired or 2D games... Look at the discussion on Gaf for an understanding.

If you get an understanding about it, then maybe you can make a video about it and put ReviewTechUSA right where he got it so totally wrong?

They can get more detail and action out of a game at 720p, so it's an obvious good move, especially if they run at 60fps. If there is AA applied, they should look good enough, but I would still prefer 1080p. Alas, hd tv's are still the minority.

Wtf. I dont care if most people have a 1080i/720p tv. I have a 1080p tv also it's going on 2013. I want 1080p games I don't care if people are to cheap or broke that they can't afford 1080p tv sets. That's not my fault. So for Nintendo stop making excuses. I'll tell you this, if they are sticking with 720p they better have every game running at 60 fps. If not I'll be pissed off at nintendo for making next gen last gen.

It's really dissapointing and my guess is also that they can make their games 1080p but at the cost of effects.

Let's be honest though, no one is buying the Wii U for being a powerhouse yet it'll pull off some great-looking games regardless of how we put it (even the Wii did). But yes still sad because my PC games have been running over 1080p resolution for years now.

With all the "doom and gloom", it's nice to have an author actually try to rationalize why certain decisions are made.

Speaking of "doom" and such..., any PS fanboy coming in here to brag really should check out some of the articles about Sony's current financial chaos. It's really funny when you put 2 and 2 together (and no, it doesn't equal 7 lol).

"Everything should be in 1080p!" "It's not a true next gen console if everything isn't in 1080p!"

"...What? Sony is losing money left and right?! ...Well I don't care about sales, so it doesn't matter. Just keep cranking out the expensive tech that nobody is going to pay for".

It's very simple... A 720p game can have better draw distances and higher poly counts etc because the resolution is less taxing. That's why ps3 and 360 games are dipping below even 720p. Unless you mandate a 1080p game to debs, they are going to make the screen shots look as good as possible.